1st time

[SAMI@SU-CSLI.ARPA]

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	I've heard enough of this demonic sound mumbo jumbo. Every
time someone tries to use their voice for something more than just
reading off lyrics someone somewhere thinks it must be the devil's
work. The real demonic sound is the sound of carbon-copy bands working
together (whether consciously or unconsciously) to stifle the
creativity of honest musicians so that many end up a little less
fortunate than KB on the song charts-- having to give up music for
some other more comercially-palatable drivel such as playing
advertising jingles or whatever. Stifling creativity in the interest
of conformity. I'm not interested in criticizing anybody's wife here.
I just find it irritating that creative music so often tends to be
viewed as magical/demonic.  I end this well-intentioned flame with a
quote from Chris Cutler (Henry Cow's drummer) : "To control the market
means to control 'taste' and this is not so difficult. It's done
through advertising; driving their product into the Air, onto the
telly, the music press, supermarkets, airports, etc. ad NAUSEUM, and
by stifling anything they don't own. When they do own something good
it invariably goes bad - then it sells even better". Watch out KB!!
The Inquisition is here... again.

end-of-flame
							Sami